Engineering

Responsibilities include planning and designing public works projects that include road and bridge, parks, and natural resources improvements; reviewing and enforcing engineering standards; providing surveying, construction, right-of-way, traffic and support engineering; overseeing floodplain administration and improvement district administration; and coordinating right-of-way (utility), special transport, and access permits.

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Larimer County is proposing to change Section 4.2.2 of the Larimer County Land Use Code to allow substantially damaged structures in the floodway to be re-built if damaged by something other than a flood.

Construction of the Kiowa Bridge Replacement, Cree Court Bridge, and Seneca Bridge is expected to begin in February 2015. These projects are estimated to be complete in June, 2015. An open house meeting to discuss the projects with residents is scheduled for January 7, 2015, at 7 p.m. at the Pinewood Springs Firehouse.

Larimer County together with the cities of Loveland and Fort Collins are in the process of making technical revisions and corrections to portions of the Urban Area Street Standards. Proposed changes are within Chapter 16 (Pedestrian Facilities), Chapter 22 (Materials and Construction Specifications), Chapter 25 (Reconstruction and Repair, and Appendix A (Standard Drawings).

The County Road 17 corridor from Vine Drive to Willox Lane in northwest Fort Collins has received federal funding for improvements to be constructed in 2015. Final design and right-of-way acquisition are complete and an Open House meeting is scheduled for November 18, 2014, to explain the project and update residents on the construction process.

Flooding in September, 2013 impacted thousands of County residents. A major contributor to that impact was the devastating damage to much of the County road system. Temporary emergency repairs to reestablish access to properties in the affected areas have been ongoing over the winter months. Plans for permanent repairs are underway.